2010-02-20 08:42:47 GMT Xinhua English
BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's train passengers totalled 6.33 million on Friday, the busiest day in the country's history falling at end of the Spring Festival holiday, the Ministry of Railways (MOR) said Saturday.

2010-02-19 10:37:29 GMT Xinhua English
BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Railway and highway stations across China have seen increasing passenger flow since Thursday as millions of Chinese are returning to work or study when the week-long Spring Festival holiday draws to an end, transport authorities said Friday.

2010-02-19 09:53:40 GMT Xinhua English
BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- China's railways are challenged by travel rush after the Spring Festival as millions of people begin to return to work after the festival holiday.

2010-02-18 11:54:10 GMT Xinhua English
SHANGHAI, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Coach and railway terminals in major Chinese cities are bracing for a fresh travel rush, as millions of festival travelers set foot on return trips to city work after a week-long holiday.

2010-02-10 08:06:33 GMT Xinhua English
The first direct flight from Taiyuan to Taiwan, carrying 130 tourists, took off in Taiyuan on Wednesday morning. Taiyuan, Changchun, Nanning and Yantai have been added as regular cross-Strait terminals in the mainland, bringing the total number of mainland terminals to 31.

2010-02-05 13:36:41 GMT Xinhua English
The first imported Airbus A330 wide-bodied airplane of Sichuan Airlines arrives at Shuangliu Airport in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 5, 2010. The plane will be put into operation for the Spring Festival travel season on Feb. 9, 2010. Sichuan Airlines has planned to set up an Airbus A330 team after another two planes of the same type are imported in June 2011.

2010-02-04 14:14:09 GMT Xinhua English
More than 300 elite migrant workers from southwest China's Sichuan Province went home from Zhejiang Province on Thursday for the Spring Festival on three chartered planes, which were provided by the Zhejiang Federation of Trade Unions.

2010-02-02 02:59:36 GMT Xinhua English
It is estimated that the number of passengers traveling across the Qiongzhou Strait would reach 1.52 million during the peak period of the traditional Spring Festival.

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